Out of thousands of photographs entered from all over the world, this year's top Photographer of the Year of the iPhone Photography Awards went to Michal Koralewski of Poland. His black and white winning shot (above), Sounds of the Old Town, captures the emotion-filled face of a bearded man playing the accordion in a Warsaw market place.
Second place went to David Craik of Surrey, England for a photo of birds, Cafe Birds, he took with his iPad mini (below).
Third place went to Yvonne Lu of New York for her iPhone snap, Before Sunset (below), which gives us a voyeuristic glimpse of a sleeping couple on a train.
Speaking to Time magazine, Koralewski gives us a pointer:
"If you want to take a good photograph, first you need to cut out distractions in the background and focus on the essential parts of the frame. It's especially important if you take photos with a smartphone," says Koralewski who also encourages attention to light and experimenting with different angles for varying perspectives.
The top three winners mentioned above will each receive an Apple Sport Watch. There were also three winners each for 19 other categories, including food, travel and portrait. The first place winner of each of these categories will receive a Gold Bar from a gold mint. In its eighth year, the IPPA began awarding phone photographers when iPhones first launched. They are currently taking entries for 2016. To see specifics, click here.
